"Big Love" season finale, 8 p.m. Sunday (March 22), HBO. Fans of this great-big-family soap say it's been the best season ever for the series. Bill Henrickson's anguish, as he deals with issues both inside and outside his own houses, has helped Bill Paxton construct one of the best TV performances of this TV season.

"Midnight Bayou," 8 p.m. Saturday, Lifetime. The second in a series of movies based on Nora Roberts books, this one was shot in and around New Orleans and stars Faye Dunaway, Jerry O'Connell, and Lauren Stamile.